Memphis-Shelby County

Memphis-Shelby County is a Tennessee historical marker in Shelby County.

Shelby Co, TN 57 (US 72), at Memphis city limits

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Shelby County- Established 1819; named in honor of ISAAC SHELBY who, along with Andrew Jackson, was appointed United States Commissioner; together they arranged the purchase of the Western District from the Chickasaw Indian Nation in 1818. Memphis - Founded 1819, by Andrew Jackson, John Overton and James Winchester; the latter named it. Incorporated, 1826, population less than 500 & area less than 1 sq. mi. It has since its original foundation absorbed seven other towns, is now the state's largest city, one of the country's largest inland ports and the world's largest cotton market.

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1823 · Mississippi. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1826 · Map of the State of Missouri And Territory of Arkansas. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Mississippi (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1835 · Chickasaw Cession, Mississippi (1835) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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